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Thursday, September 30, 2004

Speaking of Lost Arts

Does not anyone cook from scratch any more? *sigh*I attended a Tastefully Simple party last night (Tastefully Simple, Inc. - Small indulgences for busy lives!) where many women did not hesitate to spend $4.99 plus shipping and tax to purchase a beer bread mix. I admit the stuff tasted good, but not 5 bucks a loaf worth of good. 5 dollars gets me 10# worth of King Arthur flour which makes how many loaves of bread? Just boggles the mind. Likewise I wouldn't dream of serving my family a soup that was made by adding water and heating. Tastes like chemicals, not like soup. I admit that it is a step better than Mickey D's. But not by a lot. Some of these soups take 30 minutes to fully reconstitute. I can make a from scratch soup in that amount of time. Color me not impressed by the "gourmet" label...